Definite fraud. Looks more like a bizarre taxidermist’s hobby job than a photoshop. It is definitely not real.

You can see that the tail section has a dorsal fin on one side but not the other, which means that the lower half of the body is symmetrical on a different axis from the upper part of the body, requiring a 90-degree twist in the creature’s spine. The yellow eyes have perfectly circular pupils with no iris, which is indicative of standard teddy-bear plastic eyes commonly used in hobby taxidermy.

The scales on the chest look as if they where molded someone made the lines to make it appear as if there where scales. its no photoshop. But then again can you HONESTLY say this is not real? not that i believe it is but there is always that fine print.

In pic 4 you can see where it looks like a large fish is eating the top half of this “creature”…then the rest of the creature just looks moulded…could have done better. it just looks awkward because they kept the head of the fish on there…

The jokes on all of you. As a marine biologist I can tell you unequivocally it is real, but it’s no mermaid! It’s a rare salt water antheocylist-ostaniopoli. It looks “alien” because it’s partially decayed. What appear to be arms are actually flippers and the nose is actually where a snout used to be, also it is terribly dehydrated. Essentailly, this is the salt water cousin to a sea elephant you’ll find in the fresh water Florida everglades.